View Jacob And Wilhelm Grimm Fairy Tales Background. This new dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by macmillan and company in 1886. Jacob and wilhelm grimm translator:
Grimm's fairy tales, (the apostrophe is as it is printed on the book's title page and cover) is richard adams's personal selection of nineteen tales.
Jacob ludwig karl grimm was born january 4, 1785 and his brother, wilhelm karl, was born february 24, 1786. It comprises about 250 traditional tales, which were collected by jacob and wilhelm grimm, and first published in 1812, with a second volume dated 1815. The last german edition to appear during the grimm brothers' lifetime was the. Jacob and wilhelm grimm collected and published germanic and european folk and fairy tales during the early to mid 19th century.
